Missed one of last week’s vocabulary words on Twitter? Here they are again: Levelize: to even out; to make level. (Honestly, just use level.) Sweet spot: colloquially, the coming together of just the right events or criteria. Sea change: a … Continue reading →

More than once during my tenure at ClickZ, I was asked to review style preferences on digital terms, most recently e-mail, Web, Internet, and home page. These terms are new enough that their spellings are in flux. Should e-mail have … Continue reading →

I slacked a little last week on my vocabulary words, but I hope their unusualness makes up for it. Here’s what you might have missed: titivate: to make something neater or more beautiful. rakish: fashionable. Also, disreputable. petrichor: the smell … Continue reading →

A small section of my reference library. Dictionary Dictionaries go beyond telling you how to spell word correctly and what a word means. They also give you word history, syllabication (a fifty-cent word for how it breaks into syllables), labels … Continue reading →

Missed some of last week’s vocabulary via Twitter? Here’s the roundup. Use one or more in a sentence in the comments section! Web scraping: http://bit.ly/3Z9Imu.Gallivant: http://bit.ly/tzXm3.Susurrus: http://bit.ly/3iFLG.Phantasmagorical: http://bit.ly/KMdWn.Endgame: http://bit.ly/Rw7Cd. Be sure to check out more words on Wordie and follow … Continue reading →

Today is my last day with ClickZ, a site I’ve worked for for nine years. I joined just before the dot-bomb and have weathered the ups and downs. I still like what ClickZ has to offer; its writers are the … Continue reading →